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I knew girls like this. I was friends with girls like this. I was almost girls like this. I wonder how they're doing these days.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (5 children)

To discuss: was My Chemical Romance unfairly dunked on during their fame? Was their music actually pretty good when you ignored the memes?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Three cheers for sweet revenge and Welcome to the black parade are S tier, change my mind

[–] chiliedogg 8 points 8 months ago

In in my 40s and I can say that their music was pretty great. Their lyrics were super cringey, but ignoring lyrics is what pop music is about.

[–] spicytuna62 5 points 8 months ago

Agreed. I've had my copies of both on CD since I was a teenager.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Danger Days was also pretty criminally underrated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Danger Days was their best album, and easily one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

Like, that's not even a fucking debate. Sing, Planetary, Na Na Na, Summertime, DESTROYA, Vampire Money, Save Yourself I'll Hold Them Back, Kids From Yesterday, S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W... That album is banger after banger after banger.

[–] garbagebagel 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd say they were dunked on for getting famous but they got famous for being quite good for the genre.

[–] lady_maria 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They were also dunked on for being "emo"

[–] garbagebagel 10 points 8 months ago

Yeah, dunked on by the mainstream for being emo and dunked on by the emo scene for being too mainstream, lol.

[–] Rolando 9 points 8 months ago

I'm an older guy, so when I listened to Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge I heard a lot of Queen and Iron Maiden in it. I thought it was great, some of their songs are top tier. But I can see how if you were in high school at the time and didn't embrace their style, you might not like it. I mean, even Queen and Iron Maiden had their detractors back in the day...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Nope. I particularly liked Welcome to the Black Parade and Famous Last Words

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago

They weren't dunked on enough.